America’s AI Stack Needs an Israeli Upgrade

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The core of the Trump administration’s artificial intelligence (AI) playbook has been simple and steadfast: don’t just out-innovate China—out-sell it, by offering the most compelling AI package from chips to apps. While there is no doubt that America is the world leader in advanced or “frontier” models, chips, semiconductors, data centers, and apps in general, the missing piece of the American tech stack is undoubtedly AI security. To create the most appealing US AI stack for global customers, America should merge forces with its strong ally that is defining this new field of technology: Israel.

White House Special Advisor for AI and Crypto (also dubbed the AI and Crypto Czar), David Sacks, regularly articulates the worldview that America’s best chance of winning the global AI race is by making the American “tech stack” the global standard. For an administration that believes in removing obstacles for business and empowering the private sector to lead, partnering with Israeli AI companies is a natural continuation of patterns already occurring in the private sector. The Department of Commerce (DOC) is currently gathering information from the public that will shape what constitutes the American tech stack to be exported abroad. Israel possesses the ideal candidates for the DOC’s “trusted partner” program.

Security Is a Missing Layer in the US AI Package

To create an AI technology package adopted across the globe, it has to be secure by design, not as an afterthought. This is where Israel’s unique expertise becomes critical. 

Leah Siskind is director of impact and an AI research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Her research focuses on adversarial use of AI by state and non-state actors targeting the United States and its allies. She previously served as the deputy director of the AI Corps at the US Department of Homeland Security.